Primary nasal mucosal melanoma in Brazil: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 12 patients

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 344-349

  Benevenuto De Andrade, Bruno Augusto ^a   Piña, Alicia Rumayor ^a   León, Jorge Esquiche ^a   Paes De Almeida, Oslei ^a   Altemani, Albina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Nasal melanoma

Indexed keywords

CD63 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY NASAL MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE, TYPE I; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NOSE NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866139239     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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